Decision ecology: Foraging and the ecology of animal decision making

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-484

  Stephens, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BUMBLEBEE; COMPETITION; COMPETITOR SPECIES; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 60749116443     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.8.4.475     Document Type: Review

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